John Travolta to receive honourary award at Karlovy Vary

Actor to receive Crystal Globe at the festival, which will screen his latest film, Killing Season.

The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) has announced that the 2013 recipient of its Crystal Globe for Outstanding Artistic contribution to World Cinema will be actor John Travolta.

The star of Grease, Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction will attend the festival in the Czech Republic to accept the award.

The festival, which runs June 28 to July 6, will also host a gala screening of Travolta’s latest film, Killing Season.

Jiří Bartoška, KVIFF President said: “John Travolta is an artist of incredible versatile talent. Aside from extraordinary popularity, he has gained particular recognition within the industry’s professional circles. His contribution to world cinema is unquestionable and we are incredibly honoured to host him at Karlovy Vary 2013 and premiere his latest film.”

Travolta stars as a former Serbian soldier who looks to exact revenge on a US veteran of the Bosnian war, played by Robert De Niro, who was previously honoured with Karlovy Vary’s Crystal Globe in 2008.

Travolta, who began his acting career in the 1975 TV sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, secured Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations just two years later for his role as dancer Tony Manero in John Badham’s Saturday Night Fever.

He earned a second Globe nomination for his role in Randal Kleiser’s hit musical Grease in 1978.

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